UID:
almafu_9959241363102883
Format:
1 online resource (189 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4422-3652-3
Content:
〈span〉〈span〉Of the twenty or so science fiction films produced in America during the 1950s, there is a fascinating subset of nine films that do more than portray an invasion. These films use the invasions as metaphors for assaults against the integrity of various things, such as the self, marriage, and notions involving the supremacy of the human race.〈/span〉〈/span〉
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Introduction; 1 Sleepwalking: Invaders from Mars; 2 His Little Town: Invasion of the Body Snatchers; 3 Ecce Humanitas: The Day the Earth Stood Still; 4 We Don't Like Your Kind Here: It Came from Outer Space; 5 Welcome to My Nightmare: I Married a Monster from Outer Space; 6 Two Aliens from Inner Space: Kronos and The Thing from Another World; 7 Invading from Space and Slouching Into It: When Worlds Collide, The War of the Worlds, and Conquest of Space; 8 Spiritual Enhancement: The Incredible Shrinking Man; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index; About the Author
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4422-3651-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-03653-5
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
